Bookshelf

 The Wizard of Oz: A
Scanimation Book 

The enduring tale finds yet
another incarnation — this time in a book that brings 10 iconic scenes from the
1939 classic film to animated life. With The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation
Book (Workman Publishing Company,$15) Rufus Butler Seder uses technology he patented to create moving images
from memorable scenes such as Dorothy’s farmhouse sucked up
into the sky by a giant “twister” and the Wicked Witch of the West meeting her
match with a bucket of water. And it’s all bound in a glittery ruby-red cover
too. —Jeremy Kinser